Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf break

Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 NZST
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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay sea temperature is
14.9° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay at 8PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (16 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
!
0
0
!
!
!
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
2.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.4
ESE
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.3
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
0.9
ENE
1.2
NE
Period(s) (?)8991112111099999881215169887889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36461546323052899233789665342116212211789665045473635186125182109215
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
W
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
N
20
N
20
N
30
N
30
N
35
N
30
N
25
N
25
NNW
25
N
15
NNW
20
N
15
N
5
SSW
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglassglasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise7:01-------7:01-------7:03-------
Sunset--5:52-------5:51-------5:49-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121414121110101112131716161717151617171615131313
Feels °C (?)9997778888111091112111214141414121112
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